One game that could have surprised crowds at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo but didn’t show up was Sega’s Yakuza 5, the current Japan exclusive now six months away from release on the Playstation 3.

Today, Sega of Japan continued to promote the game toward local audiences with six new screenshots from the game, showing off Kazuma Kiryu’s prologue segment in Fukuoka wrapped with the newly revamped graphics engine.

We’ll let you know if Yakuza 5 makes it to the West. The shots in our gallery below, courtesy of Andriasang, should tide you over until we know one way or the other.